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Old 3rd May 2016, 06:20
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It will be interesting to find out what the actual wind was at the time. Looks like they flew the VOR35, which is a fun approach if you know it, but easy to get wrong if you don't. With a bit of tailwind and rain things can get a bit tricky. I have had more go-arounds there than anywhere else due to the wind being out of limits on final. To be fair to the tower the mountains all around do affect the wind. Mornings you tend to get the ILS17 swinging round to the VOR35 in the afternoon and then back again in the evening. They may just have skidded while taxying off. But if it was a genuine overrun then the combination of airport, airline and other factors add up.
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